The home was purchased as an investment property in August of 2012. Yes, three months before Hurricane Sandy. Yay, us! It was close to being finished prior to that little setback, but we were lucky that we only had basement damage. The bigger issue for us was the state of the housing market in Rockaway after the storm. Instead of selling the house as originally intended, we rented the two apartments for a few years. Now it's time to move on.

Just a taste of what we did to the house below. Lots more on Flickr before and after.

Downstairs Living Room

During demolition

After

What we did:

Removal of carpeting, 2 layers of linoleum and 2 layers of wallpaper.Sheetrock and paint.New molding.Salvage original floors.